Night light and bottle warmer



y 22, 1952 A. H. RAINES ET AL ,573

NIGHT LIGHT AND BOTTLE WARMER Filed May 16, 1950 Patented July 22, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NIGHTLIGHT AND BOTTLE WARMER Albin H. Raines and Glenn E. Baile, Tulsa, Okla.

4 Application May 16, 1950", Serial No. 162,170

2 Claims. (01. 219-45) This invention relates to improvements in a combination night light and bottle warmer for nurseries, bedrooms and the like.

It is well known by parents of young children that the feeding of babies during the night presents a problem of great annoyance. Generally speaking, when a baby awakens during the night and needs to be fed, the parent must arise, navigate to the kitchen, or some other remote point in the darkened household, and wait several minutes while a bottle of milk is being warmed. During the waiting period, the hunger of the baby is not subsided, and consequently the baby becomes fully awakened, thus making it more diflicult to get the baby back to sleep.

Several different types of bottle warmers have been devised to alleviate this problem, but they have usually been of the type designed to warm the bottle in a short period of time, and have been practically as much trouble to use as the time honored stew pan and hot water. Bottle warmers of the type designed to be placed in the nursery have also been devised, but they have generally been unattractive, or have been so unnecessarily troublesome as not to be generally accepted.

The present invention contemplates an attractive combination of night light and bottle warmer whereby a feeding bottle containing milk may be placed in the device when the parents retire, and will be at the correct temperature for feeding when the baby awakens. The device is contemplated for use either in the parents bedroom or the nursery and provides a night light as well as a bottle warmer.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a lighted bottle warmer capable of maintaining a bottle of milk at a predetermined temperature over a long period of time.

Another object of this invention is to provide an attractive night light and bottle warmer.

A further object of this invention is to provide a night light and bottle warmer economical to operate.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a night light and bottle warmer which maybe economically manufactured.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be evident from the following detailed description, read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate our invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a novel night light and bottle warmer having the usual feeding bottle disposed therein.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the base portion. Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view of the base portion taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings in detail, reference character 2 designates a novel night light and bottle warmer generally, having a base portion 4 preferably formed of plastic or the like material. The lower end 6 of the base 4 is flat, allowing the device to be conveniently placed on a table, shelf, or the like. Adjacent the'lower end 6, the base 4 is provided with a plurality of vertically spaced circumferential shoulders 8, progressively decreasing in diameter away from the lower end 6. Above the top shoulder 8, the base 4 is provided with a vertically disposed extension I Ill having a'plurality of circumferentially spaced vertical legs l2 onthe upper end I4 thereof.

tric lamp socket I8.

The extension i0 is provided with a bore IS concentric therewith for receiving a suitable elec- The socket I8 is secured in the bore iii in any suitable manner (not shown). Secured in the socket I8 is a conventional electric light bulb 20 to provide the desired illumination and heat as will be hereinafter set forth. Suitable electric wires 22 are connected to the lower end of the socket l8 and extend through a passageway 24 in the base 4 to a source of electrical energy (not shown).

i Also provided in the extension I0 is an enlarged bore '26 disposed above and in communication with the bore IS. 'A plurality of upwardly extending partitions are circumferentially arranged in spaced relation in the bore 26. The inner edges 32 of the partitions 30 are tapered downwardly and outwardly to terminate at their lower ends conterminous with the periphery of the bore I6. The outer edges 34 of the partitions 30 are connected to the walls of the bore 26. The partitions 30 may obviously be made integrally with the base 4 as shown, or separately therefrom in the form of a spider or grill if desired. The inner faces 36 of the legs l2 are formed on the arc of a circle having a slightly larger diameter than the bore 26 for purposes as will be hereinafter set forth.

In the upper end of the extension I0 is disposed a chimney 38 preferably constructed out of a translucent material such as plastic or the like. The lower end 40 of the chimney 38 rests on a shoulder 42 provided by the difference in diameter between the bore 26 and the circle on which the inner faces 36 of the legs l2 are formed.

Operation It will be apparent that the device can operate as a conventional night light with the chimney 38 disposed in the base 6, particularly since the bulb 20 is of small wattage. However, the function of the apparatus is not for a night light per se, but for the combined function of a night light and bottle warmer.

When it is desired to heat a bottle of mill: 44, the bottle is placed in the chimney 38 on the partitions 30 above the bulb 20, and the wires 22 are connected to a source of electrical energy (not shown). The then energized bulb 20 will obviously emit sufficient heat to warm the bottle 44, as well as emit suificient light upwardly be.- tween the partitions 30 and outwardly through the chimney 38 to illuminate the room.

Since the heat emitted by the bulb 20 will be essentially constant, and only a small amount of air will circulate around the bottle '44, the bottle will be heated to a predetermined temperature and the temperature will remain practically constant over along period of time. It is apparent that the wattage of the bulb 20 determines the temperature to which the bottle 44 will be heated, and that the bulb may be replaced as desired.

Under actual test, it has'been found that the average feed bottle of milk, heated bya small wattage bulb 20, will become sufficiently "warm in thirty minutes'to one hour's time andmaintain this temperaturefor-several hours without danger of curdlin'g the'milk in'the'feed bottle.

From the foregoing, it is apparent that 'a baby milk bottle may be placed in the present night light and bottle warmer and-be heated tothe desired temperature. Furthermore, the bottlewill'be-retained at the desired'ternperature over a long period of time. 'It'isalso'apparent that the present invention ,provides an attractive night light and bottle warmer which is economical tooperate and manufacture.

Changes maybe made in the combination and arrangement of parts as heretoforeset forth in the specification and shown in the drawings, it being understood that anymo'dificationin the precise embodiment of thefinvention may "be made within the scope of the following claims without departing from. the spirit of the invention.

We claim:

1. In a combination night light and bottle warmer, comprising a cylindrical base portion,

a tubular translucentchimney supported onsaid base, a plurality of circumferentially arranged vertically disposed legs on said base for retaining said chimney in a vertical position, a lamp in said base, means for energizing said lamp, and a plurality of vertically disposed partitions in said base for supporting a nursing bottle above said lamp, said partitions being disposed in spaced relation to provide for the heat emitted from said lamp to warm the bottle and the light emitted from said lamp to be directed upwardly and outwardly throughgsaid chimney for illuminating the surrounding space.

2. In a combination night light and bottle warmer comprising a base portion, a vertically disposed cylindrical extension on said base, a tubular translucent chimney supported on said vertical extension, a plurality of circumferentially arranged vertically extending legs on said extension for retaining said chimney in a vertical position, a lamp in said base, means for energizing said lamp, and a plurality of vertically disposed partitions in said extension for supporting a nursingbottle-above said lamp, said partitions being disposed in spaced relation to allow the heat emitted-from said lamp to warm the bottle and to provide for the light emitted from said lamp to be directed upwardly and outwardly through said chimney for illuminatingthe surrounding space.

-ALBIN H. RAINES. GLENN E. 'BAILE.

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